Jerrell Cassady

Department of Educational Psychology
Teachers College (TC), Room 505
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Jerrell Cassady has been with the
department since 1999. His areas of work include exploring the impact of
academic anxieties (e.g., test anxiety) on learner outcomes in standard
educational settings. This line of work has produced the Academic Anxiety
Research Consortium, which he directs. He also has studied emergent literacy
development trends with topics such as phonological awareness acquisition –
with a particular focus on the impact of using technology support tools to
advance children’s successes. In another line of research support, Cassady
has worked with colleagues in the field of gifted studies to examine the social
and emotional needs of gifted adolescents and the effects of instructional
differentiation on elementary students’ learning for math and language arts. Cassady
is also a recognized expert in program evaluation for educational programs. His
work in this domain has led to several external grants examining the efficacy
of funded programs through federal agencies and foundations.